That career coach I hired 3 weeks ago gave me the same generic advice I found on a free blog

I paid her $200 for a one-hour session last Tuesday and she literally just told me to update my LinkedIn and network more, which I could have figured out by myself.

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rodriguez.mia18d ago

Maybe she just needed the $200 for her car payment.

blair_chen8118d ago

Yeah I used to think the same way, that anyone dishing out advice just needed cash. But @zara_sanchez is right, calling out someone's actual background matters. I remember a fitness coach I saw who charged $200 a session but had zero certification or real results. She'd give generic tips like "drink more water" and "sleep better." That's not coaching, that's common sense with a price tag. The whole thing changed my mind when a friend paid for "business advice" from someone who'd never actually run a profitable company. So yeah, maybe she needed the $200, but that doesn't make her advice worth anything.

kimw5715d ago

Oh I totally get what you're saying about the fitness coach, but I think you might be being a little hard on her. "Common sense with a price tag" is a good line, but sometimes what seems like common sense to one person is actually new and helpful to someone else, you know? I mean, I've seen people pay good money for "drink more water" and "sleep better" advice and actually make changes because they needed someone to hold them accountable. The real issue isn't that her advice was generic, it's that she wasn't honest about the limits of her experience. If she'd said "I can help you with basic habit building, but for anything specific you should see a doctor," that'd be different. So the problem is more about transparency, not necessarily the advice being worthless.

zara_sanchez18d ago

Did she ask you anything about your actual industry or job role before handing out that advice? A good coach should be tailoring suggestions to what you're dealing with, not just dropping generic lines. What was her background supposed to be, anyway?

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